[Viktor doesn't know if he would call it robotic, either--perhaps bio-mechanical. All of that is a bit difficult to explain, though, especially when he can simply show Istredd. He takes a step, allowing his appearance to change into what he remembers from the Commune. Like this, Viktor's changed body is evident. It isn't exactly the same as he was, in the imagined future, but it's close enough, his living metal arm having overtaken his entire person.]

It was not a gradual augmentation. The circumstances...required that it all happen at once.

[And though Jayce had made the choice for him, Viktor had, after his first experiment, planned to do this to himself.]

There are some things I regret. But I have been able to continue my work. That's what matters.